Thank you for visiting the student’s blog. We are leaving these older blog posts up so you can see a sample of some of our student work, conversations and questions. However, all current student interaction since 2015 has now been moved to the private student forum. If you are a...
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Category Archives: Student Lounge
Henna in Healing: Advice from a Doctor
The following information was included in an assignment by Dr. Rafique Taji. I am sharing it on the blog for the benefit of all students. This blog post is a private post that is only visible to students of The Avicenna Institute of Natural Therapies. Hearing personal experience from professionals...
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How to Cite Sources in Your Assignments
A few students have asked how they need to cite sources in their assignments. This is a very important part of your work and is essential to presenting a professional image as a practitioner, natural health writer or blogger. In addition, you will often find that clients who purchase items...
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Over the Counter Drugs and Natural Healing
By Student of The Avicenna Institute Over the counter drugs are used and abused by countless American people every day. The fact that these drugs are over the counter and thus do not require a prescription leads to people not taking seriously enough the risks involved with these substances. Many...
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Cautions in Aromatherapy
As many of you know our students range from beginners to professionals. One professional aromatherapist wanted to make sure that safety was emphasized in the aromatherapy lessons. Although we already mention that oils should never be used undiluted and that caution should be taken with pregnant women and children, one...
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Who Discovered…?
This quote is from a student assignment. This student was asked about who discovered a certain medical theory. Her answer was perfect! She says, “A fact is defined as one of three things: something demonstrated to exist, a real occurrence, or something believed to be true. An update is defined...
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Should a Client Take a Remedy They Don’t Like?
This is a dialogue with a student from when they turned in their assignment. Great question! Question: I have a question: I think I read in Dr. Hobbs materials that no matter the quality of a remedy, it does little good if the taste is unpalatable to the patient and...
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Food as an Herb
This is an excerpt from a student exam with my comments in italics… After reading ALL the articles and the article provided on this page please share with me what the most surprising remedy was for you and WHY. Tell me what remedy surprised you and why you may want...
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Reflexology Success Story!
This story is from a student exam on Reflexology where she shares her experience with one of her clients. Although her client gave her permission to share the story, the name of the student and location as well as the client’s name are not mentioned to keep privacy: Client has...
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Point of View – Art or Communication?
This is a comment I made on a student exam today that I wanted to share with everyone. As healers we need to always practice seeing things from the point of view of the person and culture we are in. Every little bit of practice we can get opens our...
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Using Proper Terminology in Your Practice
It is so very important as healers that we use precise vocabulary for so many reasons. Some examples are: 1. We need to remember we are recommending and teaching and NOT prescribing medicine. To use improper terminology here is misleading. 2. When we give clients instructions on how they can...
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Essential Oils on a Budget
Dear Students, As you know I like to post excerpts from student exams/assignments that I feel would be helpful or informative to other students. Here are some from the exams/assignments I looked at this week so far… * One student says “I needed Myrrh and Helicrysum but since they were...
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